{"id":508307,"date":"2026-06-19T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/culture\/interview-with-lianne-la-havas-i-am-here-because-of-prince-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:45:13","slug":"interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a4259cf387da&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a4259cf387da\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/lianne-la-havas-album-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508305\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lianne La Havas. \u00a9 WEA\/Warner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took five long years and a series of important events before <strong>Lianne La Havas <\/strong>rose from the ashes. And it is worth it! In July 2020, the British singer and guitarist discloses a third studio album, which she composes from start to end. From production, to direction and songwriting, <strong>Prince<\/strong>\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9e fends for herself. Surrounded by a bunch of vinyl records of her own album\u00a0that she struggles signing one by one in her London apartment, <strong>Lianne La Havas <\/strong>opens up to <em>Num\u00e9ro<\/em>. She talks about her relationship\u00a0with <strong>Stevie Wonder<\/strong> and <strong>Prince<\/strong>, and her debut in the music industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interview with British singer Lianna La Havas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Num\u00e9ro<\/em>: You seem pretty busy at the moment, are you moving house?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lianne La Havas:&nbsp;<\/strong>A guy came with a truck full of vinyl records heading to Germany. This is my new album. I&#8217;ve got to sign a thousand of them! I am just multitasking at the moment! [Laughs.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your new album <em>Lianne La Havas&nbsp;<\/em>was released on July 17th, five years after the sumptuous <em>Blood&nbsp;<\/em>(2015). Where were you during all that time? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I fell in love, then I had a massive breakup, I moved house, I turned 30. A lot of things changed in my life and I have grown up. You can hear all of that in my new album. When I first turned 30, I felt the exact\u00a0same in front of my birthday cake. Then, when I started to grow into it a bit more, I realised that I was really happy to be at this stage of my life. I have a better sense of who I am and what I want to achieve. I definitely got more focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\u201c<em>Lauryn Hill\u00a0still remains a great inspiration. I still have her MTV Unplugged No. 2.0\u00a0album with me<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; Lianne La Havas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your stage name is made out of your first name Lianne and your father\u2019s surname Vlahavas. Why did you choose to use your stage name as a title for your third album? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This album is the most representative of me now. With the previous ones, I had the feeling that I was developing as I was making them. This one is the result of that&nbsp;evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You have directed and produced <em>Lianne La Havas\u00a0<\/em>on your own\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had an amazing time doing my second album, <em>Blood<\/em>, but at the end of it, I felt like I wanted to go deeper with expressing myself, with what I wanted to say and with how I wanted to make music. I love what I did before, but I also feel that I wasn\u2019t completely satisfied. This feeling has inspired the making of my new album. It is very personal work that I produced myself and create only with my friends and my own band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lianne La Havas - Bittersweet | A COLORS SHOW\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_YOvQNgpfXY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lianne La Havas &#8211; <em>Bittersweet<\/em> (A Colors Show).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your album appears as a long ballad, with both extended tracks such as <em>Sour Flower&nbsp;<\/em>and <em>Weird Fishes&nbsp;<\/em>\u2013 the last one being inspired by Radiohead\u2019s song \u2013 and moments of pause such as <em>Out of Your Mind (interlude)<\/em>\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I knew that I wanted ten songs on the album, but I didn\u2019t know yet that I wanted it to be one story with a beginning, a middle and an end. That happened during the process of making it\u00a0\u2013 I knew exactly where each song would come in the track listing and I wanted each song to embody a specific subject matter. For instance, the track <em>Sour Flower\u00a0<\/em>deals with self-love and self-care. Therefore, I imagined a long ending with a positive sound in order to represent the ongoing work that I have done on myself. The <em>interlude\u00a0<\/em>marks the exact middle point of the album. It is meant to represent the unraveling from the happy first half to the difficult middle and second half. I also wanted to use my voice in different ways, to play with sounds and textures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\u201c<em>It is impossible to choose between Prince and Stevie Wonder! I had never imagined I would be able to sit with one or the other.\u201d \u2014 <\/em>Lianne La Havas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<strong>As a matter of fact, you talk a lot about love in your music\u00a0and this album is no exception to the rule. However, you are putting an\u00a0emphasis on\u00a0your independence, as for your two leading singles, <em>Bittersweet\u00a0<\/em>and <em>Paper Thin<\/em>\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bittersweet\u00a0<\/em>is opening the album. It is basically about making changes because you feel that something is wrong, that something has to change, no matter how painful it might be for you. It shows strength when you have to do something like that. The track <em>Paper Thin\u00a0<\/em>is one of my favourites! It is very simple, but the message is very personal and private. It was a difficult song to share. At that point, you are right in the middle of the album and things get complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The lyrics contrasts with the&nbsp;dreamy video you have made for the song, in which you are doing some hula hoop! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exactly! I have done a lot of videos during lockdown. It is another way to express myself that I haven\u2019t explored so far. I look forward to directing more videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lianne La Havas - Paper Thin (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Mtjq7B0Z6Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lianne La Havas \u2014 <em>Paper Thin <\/em>(2020).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How did you shape this captivating soul that is so unique to your music? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, I have been playing music since I was a child. I used to sit with my keyboard and just play. I made my first song when I was 11, out of some basic chords and basic lyrics. It was called <em>Little Things<\/em>, and it was something about the little things that you never throw away. It was really crappy! [Laughs.] It wasn\u2019t until I turned 18 and learnt how to play the guitar, that I started to take songwriting a bit more seriously. Lauryn Hill still remains a great inspiration \u2013 I still have her\u00a0<em>MTV Unplugged No. 2.0<\/em> (2002) album with me. I have also found many guitar players on YouTube when I was learning how to play, such as the jazz guitarist <strong>Emily Remler<\/strong>. She is the reason why I love to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your other was Jamaican and your father was a Greek multi-instrumentalist. What kind of music did they get you into as a child? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was pretty eclectic in terms of genre in my house. My mother would play lots of R\u2019n\u2019B and soul. We would listen to Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott. My dad loved jazz, so we would listen to Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald. I was raised by my grandparents, who would listen to a lot of reggae, because they are from Jamaica\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#8220;<em>In the UK, there are not that many black female artists playing an instrument. They probably have to work twice as hard to get to where they are now.<\/em>&#8221; \u2014 Lianne La Havas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You also had a chance to meet and become friend with some of the greatest musicians. Amongst Prince and Stevie Wonder, which meeting was the most unexpected? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is impossible to choose between Prince and Stevie Wonder! I had\u00a0never imagined I would be able to sit with one or the other. Fortunately, I didn\u2019t meet them at the same time, otherwise I would have\u00a0probably fainted! [Laughs.] They surely are the greatest musicians that have ever lived. I was incredibly lucky to have known them, especially to have spent some very personal time with Prince. If they have one thing in common, it is the way they committed to their music. Both worked so hard to write the best songs they could ever write, sing and perform them to perfection. I never gave up on music thanks to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You started your career pretty young, at 21, when you signed with Warner Records. Back in 2010, the industry wasn\u2019t as diverse as today. How did you evolve in that environment?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t think I was the only non-white artist on my label, but I was definitely the only one my age. I didn\u2019t meet the stereotypical traditional R\u2019n\u2019B singer: I was navigating between genres. Nobody knew where to place me because I was also playing the guitar and I had afro hair. I didn\u2019t really realise it at the time, but as I went through my career, particularly making my second album, I noticed various things that were happening and that didn\u2019t feel quite right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sour Flower\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XY8IVZ3_F9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lianne La Havas \u2014 <em>Sour Flower<\/em> (2020).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Did it have an impact on your musical process?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doing what you like for a living is the most rewarding thing. Nevertheless, people have to understand that it is not as easy as it seems. This industry is very competitive, especially if you are not a white man. In the UK, there are not that many black female artists playing an instrument. They probably have to work twice as hard to get to where they are now. Among managers and sound engineers, I have always felt like there has never been anybody black working on my projects, which I find quite surprising\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Now that you are an ace of production, you may want to create your own label!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would love to start my own label! [Laughs.] I would also like to have a women&#8217;s academy to teach them all about music production, so that they can be managers, producers, lighting people, sound engineers\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last April, you did an Instagram live with the American singer H.E.R. What have you got in store for us?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I joined <strong>H.E.R.<\/strong> for the \u201cGirls with Guitars\u201d initiative. We talked about a potential collaboration on Instagram. I hope we will be able to work something out together. She seems up for it!\u00a0Hopefully, I can go and visit her in New York, when everyone will be able to travel again. I do have some collaborations I have made during lockdown that will come out soon, but I can\u2019t talk about them at the moment. Right now, I am taking the time to be artistically more productive as I can\u2019t play live \u2013 it means doing more music, more videos, more art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"fs-sub-1\"><strong><em>Lianne La Havas&nbsp;<\/em>(2020) by Lianne La Havas available&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>[Warner Records<\/strong><strong>].<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took five long years and a series of important events before Lianne La Havas [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":508302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,87,3177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-culture-en","category-music"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Num\u00e9ro met British artist Lianne La Havas, who unveiled her third eponymous album in 2020. A sentimental and captivating pop soul journey.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Num\u00e9ro met British artist Lianne La Havas, who unveiled her third eponymous album in 2020. A sentimental and captivating pop soul journey.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Num\u00e9ro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/numeromagazine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-19T07:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-19T09:45:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"521\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"e.naroumbo@numero.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NumeroMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NumeroMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"e.naroumbo@numero.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"e.naroumbo@numero.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/56cdc8f5673490ba5dd01ad4b910032d\"},\"headline\":\"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-19T07:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-19T09:45:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1757,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Culture\",\"Culture\",\"Music\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/\",\"name\":\"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-19T07:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-19T09:45:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"Num\u00e9ro met British artist Lianne La Havas, who unveiled her third eponymous album in 2020. A sentimental and captivating pop soul journey.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":521},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Culture\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/category\\\/culture-en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Music\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/category\\\/culture-en\\\/music\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Num\u00e9ro\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Num\u00e9ro Magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Num\u00e9ro\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Logo.svg\",\"width\":907,\"height\":181,\"caption\":\"Num\u00e9ro\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/numeromagazine\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NumeroMagazine\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/numeromagazine\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/fr.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Num\u00e9ro_(magazine)\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/56cdc8f5673490ba5dd01ad4b910032d\",\"name\":\"e.naroumbo@numero.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9c702c12fd9e619a89523bef5aa823f703f94e0e5b749aa8d364a4d9a1fe2de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9c702c12fd9e619a89523bef5aa823f703f94e0e5b749aa8d364a4d9a1fe2de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9c702c12fd9e619a89523bef5aa823f703f94e0e5b749aa8d364a4d9a1fe2de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"e.naroumbo@numero.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/numero.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/e-naroumbonumero-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d","description":"Num\u00e9ro met British artist Lianne La Havas, who unveiled her third eponymous album in 2020. A sentimental and captivating pop soul journey.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d","og_description":"Num\u00e9ro met British artist Lianne La Havas, who unveiled her third eponymous album in 2020. A sentimental and captivating pop soul journey.","og_url":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/","og_site_name":"Num\u00e9ro","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/numeromagazine\/","article_published_time":"2026-06-19T07:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-19T09:45:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":440,"height":521,"url":"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"e.naroumbo@numero.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NumeroMagazine","twitter_site":"@NumeroMagazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"e.naroumbo@numero.com","Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/"},"author":{"name":"e.naroumbo@numero.com","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/56cdc8f5673490ba5dd01ad4b910032d"},"headline":"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d","datePublished":"2026-06-19T07:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-19T09:45:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/"},"wordCount":1757,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg","articleSection":["Culture","Culture","Music"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/","url":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/","name":"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-19T07:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-19T09:45:13+00:00","description":"Num\u00e9ro met British artist Lianne La Havas, who unveiled her third eponymous album in 2020. A sentimental and captivating pop soul journey.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumb-cover-lianne-la-havas-allbum-2020-bittersweet-numero-magazine-1.jpg","width":440,"height":521},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-lianne-la-havas-album-i-am-here-because-of-prince\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Culture","item":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/category\/culture-en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Music","item":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/category\/culture-en\/music\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Interview with Lianne La Havas: \u201cI am here thanks to Prince\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/","name":"Num\u00e9ro","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Num\u00e9ro Magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Num\u00e9ro","url":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Logo.svg","width":907,"height":181,"caption":"Num\u00e9ro"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/numeromagazine\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NumeroMagazine","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/numeromagazine\/","https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Num\u00e9ro_(magazine)"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/56cdc8f5673490ba5dd01ad4b910032d","name":"e.naroumbo@numero.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9c702c12fd9e619a89523bef5aa823f703f94e0e5b749aa8d364a4d9a1fe2de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9c702c12fd9e619a89523bef5aa823f703f94e0e5b749aa8d364a4d9a1fe2de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9c702c12fd9e619a89523bef5aa823f703f94e0e5b749aa8d364a4d9a1fe2de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"e.naroumbo@numero.com"},"url":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/author\/e-naroumbonumero-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860899,"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508307\/revisions\/860899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}